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The truth is that the people were told who they had to vote for, and they did not obey. They elected a complete outsider. This infuriates the elite, who are now busy looking for ways to undermine US democracy, such as abolishing the Electoral College.
The Gilets Jaunes in France are exactly the same. They are the peasants too. And the Brexit voters. The British elite are dragging their feet, undermining British Democracy as as well.
The same French center-left that shrieks if some Myanmar Police uses batons to quell a Muslim Riot is silent - even secretly gloating - over the beating of French Pensioners.
Classic comic. I remember it from days of yore.
Workers instinctively understand that the masters want to diminish their power by bringing in new workers.
So, for the time being, I think the republic will survive. The pendulum swings back somewhat conservative, but give it 20-30 years, and it will swing again.
rocketjoe79 saysSo, for the time being, I think the republic will survive. The pendulum swings back somewhat conservative, but give it 20-30 years, and it will swing again.
With a Liberal Birthrate of 1.6, and a Conservative birthrate 2.4, unlikely!
And it strikes me that that is exactly correct.
The Democrats (and most Republicans) have nothing but contempt for ordinary working people. They try to justify their contempt with 24/7 news about "racism", but it's just a rationalization for the hate for working people that all of the elite are indoctrinated with in elite colleges, the NY Times, and NPR.
The truth is that the people were told who they had to vote for, and they did not obey. They elected a complete outsider. This infuriates the elite, who are now busy looking for ways to undermine US democracy, such as abolishing the Electoral College.
The Gilets Jaunes in France are exactly the same. They are the peasants too. And the Brexit voters. The British elite are dragging their feet, undermining British Democracy as as well.
Eventually, after it becomes perfectly clear that Democracy will not be tolerated when it gets in the way of corporate globalist profits, the elite in all those countries may have to be removed by force by the peasants.